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EFCC Has Recovered $11Bn Since Inception In 2003?

BREAKING NEWS: Chocolate City Rap Star, Ice Prince Zamani Loses Mother
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CBN Governor, Lamido Sanusi, Appears On Times "100 Most Influential People" List
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Nigerians Abroad Sent $40Bn Home In 2010!

Thirty million Africans across the globe have directly invested $40 billion into the continent economy in 2010 According to a survey carried by African Development Bank and the World Bank recently, Africans investment ranged from land purchases, building a home, and starting a business top the highest remittances by Africans in diaspora whilst educ
INEC Postpones All National Elections For A Week Each

INEC has confirmed the postponement of the Elections by 1 week each, below are the official dates now.Personally, I have lost faith in this election, do you think INEC can still conduct a credible election after all these disappointments ??

INEC Office Set Ablaze In kaduna State

Government Area of Kaduna State, on Saturday set ablaze the INEC office in the area after chasing away the members of staff of the commission.Many of the voters who claimed to have arrived at the various polling stations in the area as early as 6.30am, decided to go to the INEC office to verify the reasons for the delay in the arrival of election o
Breaking News! D'banj Quits Mo'Hits Records

Mo'Hits Records' frontline act, Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly known as D'banj, is parting ways with his label of many years. The multiple award winning Hip-Hop artist made this shocking disclosure at a press briefing which took place at La Cachette restaurant, GRA Ikeja, on Thursday, March 31 2011.Speaking at the event which had in att

Boko Haram Engages Police In Fire Exchange

Police in Borno State yesterday stormed a house suspected to be the hideout of Boko Haram members in Damaturu and engaged them in a gun battle.Seven suspected members of the group were also arrested in Maiduguri in connection with the stampede at the venue of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) rally which left five persons dead.Borno State
"I was Forced To Join Nollywood By Hunger" - Patience Ozokwor

What is happening here? You can see that I am in make up and costume getting ready to shoot a scene. The makeup is so severe because we are paying for our crimes of trying to get rich very quickly without waiting for God’s time or working hard for what we want. Isn’t that like a paradox for what is happening everywhere in Nigeria? It is not ju

Yeka Onka Is The Winner Of Nigerian Idol 2011

Yeka Onka and Naomi Mac were the two finalists that battled it outYeka come out on top, She gets N7.5million, a car, a record deal and many other great prizes. Congrats !!!She is also the first ever winner, it was the first edition of Nigerian Idols
Why Are Guys Always Scared Of Hearing The Pregnancy News From Their Babes?

[size=11pt] God created men and women for reasons of companionship and love. For married couples, news of the woman carrying the husbands baby is considered a very good news and it's always followed with celebrations and with a lot of thanks to God Almighty. But, it's a different ball game for lovers! At the mention of 'im pregnant

UK To Cut The Number Of Student Visas Issued To Nigerians

The number of non-European Union students coming into the United Kingdom for studies is to be cut by 25 per cent, a government minister has said. Europe correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that British Home Secretary Theresa May, revealed the plan in a statement to the parliament on Wednesday in London. The statement said there woul
Muritala Mohammed International Airport Lagos Is On Fire!!

There was stampede at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, due to a fire which engulfed the fourth and fifth floors of the building.It was gathered that a member of staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) noticed smoke coming from the terminal and notified the authorities.The news of the f

The Northern Leaders Are Sponsoring MEND?

From LAMBERT TYEM, AbujaFriday, March 18, 2011 Some former militants yesterday in Abuja accused members of northern political elite and the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) of playing politics with the name of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to intimidate President Goodluck Jonathan.Sobomabo Jackrick, also known
"Starve Your Husbands Of Sex" - Fashola's Aide

Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola’s running mate in the forthcoming April polls, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, has urged women members of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to deny their husbands who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, sex except they pitch their tent with the ACN. Orelope, who is also the state Commissioner fo

25 Years Old Student Arrested For Stealing Recharge Card

The police in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a 25-year-old student for allegedly stealing cell phones and recharge cards worth N6,250.The suspect, Simeon Elu, who resides at 7, Osifeso Street, Oshodi, was arrested along Social Club Road, Abule Egba, by residents of the area who monitored his movements around the area.Speaking with P.
BULLY? Chris Okotie Challenges Goodluck Jonathan To A Debate

The presidential standard bearer of the Fresh Democratic Party (FDP), Rev. Chris Okotie, has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to a public debate to tell Nigerians why they should vote for him. The Fresh candidate, who will flag off his nation-wide presidential campaign this weekend, revealed this during a press conference in Lagos yesterday

How Aliko Dangote Became The Richest Black Man On Earth

Forbes magazine yesterday, released the 2011 World’s Richest People list with Nigeria’s own industrialist, Aliko Dangote rated as the 51st Richest man in the world, with a networth of $13.8bn and richer than Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg who made the list for the first time with a networth of $13.5bn at the 52nd position.Despite
Fake Native Doctor "Babalawo" Arrested In Lagos State

A fake herbalist, Sunday Oseme, a.k.a. Dr. Ahmed, 56 who specialises in duping unsuspecting ladies, prostitutes and married women desperately in need of a child has been arrested by the police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.•The fake herbalist performing rituals on the ladies.His mode of operation is to take his victims to a flowing stream for clean

Ribadu, Tinubu, Other Escape Death From Air Crash

Chieftains of the Action Congress of Nigeria narrowly escaped death early Tuesday as one of the chartered aircraft conveying them to a rally in Bauchi State crash-landed into a herd of goats and rams on the runway of Bauchi Airport.The aircraft with number 5BN-BNR was conveying the Vice Presidential candidate of the ACN, Fola Adeola, and other part
Suspected Bomber At The PDP Rally Arrested

Barely 48 hours after a bomb explosion rocked a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Suleja, Niger State, leaving about 10 persons dead and 28 others injured, security agencies, yesterday, seemed close to unravelling the mystery surrounding the incident.A suspect was arrested with two metallic objects believed to be bomb explosives some kilometr

Bomb Explosion At Niger PDP Rally Kills Three Persons

Police sources have told SaharaReporters that three persons are confirmed dead after an explosion at a rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Suleija, Niger state.The rally had been organized by the state PDP with the aim of subverting a similar rally scheduled for the state by the Congress For Progressive Change (CPC).Police sources tol
OPPRESSION!! Top Female Manager At CBN Brutalized By SSS Agents

Mrs. Justina Thinkan is a senior employee of Central Bank of Nigeria, in Abuja. At the apex bank, she is a manager in the Risk Management Department. She had closed work on Tuesday, hoping to reach home to the warm embrace of her family, prepare dinner for them, and then go to bed.Even though she reached her home that evening, she did so in pains,

Gbenga Daniels, Dimeji Bankole Escape Death In Helicopter Crash

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole; and Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, on Wednesday escaped death when a helicopter in which they were travelling from the Ondo State capital, Akure, to Abeokuta, Ogun State crashlanded.THE PUNCH learnt that the helicopter developed engine problems mid-air and lost contact wit
Police Arrests 19 Years Old Girl Who Organized Her Own Kidnap

The police in Delta State have arrested a 19-year-old girl simply identified as Nelly, for allegedly organising her own kidnap with her boyfriend to collect N10million ransom from her parents.The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the incident occurred between February 15 and 17, 2011 at Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state.I
SSS Agents QUizzes Bola Tinubu

OPERATIVES of the Department of the State Security Service (SSS), on Tuesday, quizzed former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu. According to a high security source, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chieftain was reportedly quizzed at the SSS headquarters, otherwise known as Yellow House, Abuja. Though no official reason was given by
UNIBEN Shuts Down Until Further Notice

Yesterday students shut down OAU and today lecturers have shut down UNIBEN, whos next?The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, as well as Non Academic Staff Union of the University of Benin protested today and shut down the university.They closed all the gates leading into the university. The protest resulted in a heavy traffic jam on
HISTORY: British Airways Appoints Nigerian As Country Manager!

This is history in the making! LAGOS—British Airways has appointed Kola Olayinka as first indigenous Country Manager in its over 70 years of operation in Nigeria.According to the airline, the appointment followed an extensive search spanning several months to find the best person for the job.